Binder tray



Nov. 26, T929. 1.. T. LE FEBURE BINDER TRAY Filed June 22. 1926 /7 a (dAQ VENTOR. BY I 772 i Mfi A A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 26, 1929 NITED STATES PATENT vesei;er.

LEO T. LE FEBURE, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOB TO LE FEjBURE LEDGER COM- PANY, or CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA,

A COBPQRATION OF IOVIA BINDER TRAY Application filed J'une 22,

Binder trays have been provided with movable side walls, such side walls when not closed on the side of. the tray occupying a position extending outwardly from the tray. The present invention is designed to improve such construction by providing a housing for the movable side walls into which they may be moved when they are in open position, thus leaving the sides of the tray clear so that the tray may be more readily manipulated and maintained in a position more nearly adjacent to the work. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specification and claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the tray.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

1 marks the bottom of the tray frame, 2 the front and rear walls of the frame, 3 the inturned edges from the end walls extending upwardly along the corners of the frame, 1 the binder base, 5 and 5 the leaf supports. The leaf support 5 has a perforated projection 6 mounted on a rod 7, the projection sliding on the rod to adjust the leaf support and being locked in position on the rod by a set screw 8. The rod is mounted in bearings 9 on the base. The support 5 has a threaded projection 11 in which operates a threaded rod 10 for adjusting the support 5. The rod 10 is squared at the outer end at 12 and the frame has an opening 18 so that the rod may be operated with a key.

Side walls 14': are adapted to be positioned against the inturned ends 3. The walls are provided with a hooked edge 15 which is adapted to fit over the top of the inturned ends 8. The lower end of each wall 14 is hooked at 16 and springs 17 extend from the respective hooked edges 16 beyond the center line of the base around a housing 18 secured to the base and extending under the projecions 6 and 11, the ends of the springs being secured to hooks 19 formed at the edges of the housings.

The space between the base 4 and bottom 1 forms a housing into which the sides 14- may readily pass. The end walls are cut 192(5- sfirial No, 117,726.

back at 3 sufliciently to permit the sides to enter'the opening and yet be of sufficient length so that the hooks 15 will engage the upper ends of the inturned portions 3. In operation all that is necessary to this to lift the hooks 15 to release the side walls. They are immediately swung down and drawn in by the springs. By grasping the hooked edge as clearly shown in Fig. l the side wall may be drawn out, turned up and hooked over the top edge locking it in closed posi tion.

A guide rod 20 has the bends 21 and is pivoted at its ends at 22 so that with the opening of the side wall the rod 20 swings out on the pivots 22 into. position slightly outside of the binder, thus giving a guide for a slightly greater offset of the sheets than the side of the binder, Ordinarily but one of these sides has the guide rod, the opposite side having a stationary guide rod 23. Ordinarily this guide rod may remain in place, the offsetting of the sheets being all accomplished at one side of the tray against the rod 20.

What I claim as new is 1. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side wall slidable into wall in closed position; and a spring yield ingly drawing the Wall into the space.

2. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side wall siidable into said space; an end wall and means locking the side wall in closed position relative- 1y to the end wall comprising a hook on the side wall adapted to engage the end wall.

3. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side Wall slidable into said space; and means locking the side wall in closed position comprising a hooked upper edge on the side wall adapted to en gage the upper edge of the frame.

4. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side wall at each side of the binder slidable into said space;

said space; means locking the side a and means locking said side walls in closed position.

5. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side wall at each side of the binder slidable into said space; means locking said side walls in closed position; and springs extending from the lower edges of the side walls and across the central line of the base in said space and yieldably drawing said side walls into said space.

6. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame for the base forming a space under the base; a movable side wall slidable into said space; means locking the side wall in closed position; and a guide rod swingingly mounted' in the frame adjacent to the movable side wall and adapted to be moved to an outwardly offset position upon the opening of the side wall.

7. In a binder tray, the combination of a base; a frame formed with a bottom, with end walls having inturned side edges, the base being mounted in an upwardly spaced relation to the bottom; leaf-holding means on the base; side walls having a hooked upper edge adapted to hook over the inturned edges of the frame and slidable into the space between the base and bottom; and springs secured to the lower edges of the side walls adapted to yieldably draw said side walls into said space.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LEO T. LE FEBURE. 

